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5:05 PM ET, March 1, 2023

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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Court documents detail Fox News executives, Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch, and others struggling to navigate election fraud lies by Donald Trump and his associates  —  Executives and top hosts found themselves in a bind after Donald Trump began pushing unfounded claims about election fraud, court filings show.
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Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
In a letter, YouTube head Neal Mohan outlines his key priorities and teases upcoming features, such as new generative AI tools for creators and Shorts additions  —  Neal Mohan, the new head of YouTube, outlined his key priorities and teased some upcoming features for the media platform …
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Former UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock gave journalist Isabel Oakeshott 100K+ WhatsApp messages to write his memoir, but she leaked them to The Daily Telegraph  —  Ex-minister's judgment questioned for trusting journalist who has long made clear her disdain for his lockdown policies
Sarah Krouse / Wall Street Journal:
Netflix announces Stranger Things: The First Shadow, its first live stage production, premiering in London later in 2023, set over two decades before the show  —  Stage play based on Duffer brothers' series is a first for the streaming service  —  Netflix Inc.'s NFLX -0.28%decrease …
K.J. Yossman / Variety:
A profile of ITV CEO Carolyn McCall as she leads the legacy UK broadcaster through a tech revolution, including launching the company's ITVX streaming service  —  Carolyn McCall, CEO of U.K. media conglomerate ITV, doesn't have her own office.  Instead, on the open-plan top floor …
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Luke Winkie / Nieman Lab:
Gaming journalism faces an uncertain future amid layoffs at several outlets, budget cuts, competition from YouTube and Twitch creators, AdSense mining, and more  —  By every conceivable metric, the video game business is booming.  Industry-wide revenue forecasts are scheduled to eclipse half …
Lori Rozsa / Washington Post:
Florida Governor DeSantis appoints political supporters to a board controlling Disney's special tax district and says they can influence Disney's “woke” content  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis completed the state takeover of a taxing district controlled by Disney for more than half …
 
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Amanda Meade / The Guardian:
Journalists at Australia's ABC plan to walk off the job for 40 minutes on March 7 over pay and work conditions, hurting coverage of a Reserve Bank announcement
Ryan Broderick / Garbage Day:
After declining Twitter engagement, a writer games the For You feed, which he suspects uses invisible subreddit-like Topics to algorithmically organize tweets
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US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy says Tucker Carlson has “exclusive” first dibs on January 6 security footage but vows to give the “entire country” access later
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Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Q&A with iHeartMedia's Conal Byrne on overseeing podcasting at the company, the industry maturing, RSS, radio and podcast ads, subscriptions, and exclusivity
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Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch:
CEO Jesse Dorogusker says Tidal will end its direct artist payouts program, which paid $500K since its 2021 launch, and use more funds to back emerging artists
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Substack says its newsletters have 20M+ monthly active subscribers and 2M+ paid subscriptions, up from 1M in November 2021, as Big Tech rivals shut down
 

 
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Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority:
Source: Google has canceled the development of a second-generation Pixel Tablet, planned for release in 2025, due to concerns that it wouldn't sell very well

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is testing a more conversational version of Siri, dubbed “LLM Siri”, with plans to release it in spring 2026 as part of iOS 19 and macOS 16

Hannah Lang / Reuters:
Sources: a16z, Ripple, Kraken, and Circle are jostling for a seat on Trump's promised crypto advisory council, which is expected to set up a bitcoin reserve

 
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